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Everything posted by Aaron Kennelly
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Yadi grand slam makes it 8-5 Redbirds. -
1 down. 2 to go. Vaunted Brewers down 4 in 7th. Cards down 1 in 6th.
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Hell of a double play turned by the Royals with the bases loaded to end the inning.
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yeah, this is all dumb wankery, and you know it is. if the cubs need their 83rd win to seal the division in game 162, i'm sure you won't be disappointed in a loss In a scenario where it comes down to the final game and we lose and squander a playoff spot, sure, I'll have feelings of disappointment to go with the annoyance and embarrassment. I swear to you I'm not trying to make a point here with what emotions I'll have. But you did come up with one in which I will feel sad. I can come up with multiple ones where I won't, though. The scenario where it's the Brewers that beat us out? :wink:
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I had some outlandish expectations for this team. And it's been incredibly frustrating what's happened. As such, I've had to re-calibrate my expectations as this season has went on. It hasn't made it any less frustrating after coming to terms with what's happened. But, hell yes I'd be disappointed if they don't win the division. I'd be perfectly fine with an 85-win division champion. Just get me some October baseball, even if it's by default.
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Well, sure. If we suck more than three sucky teams, then it would be disappointing. But the point remains that those teams suck. And I still think we are better. I can still hold those convictions, while acknowledging that we are in a race now. We've been in a race the whole season. When we got 5.5 back, we were always going to be in a race. So, now I want us to win this race against those sucky teams. I too would like to win the division. But if we can't win it over three crappy teams, I can't imagine I'll feel disappointed. More embarrassed. Bottom line? The Cubs are playing sucky but have big-time talent. If they play up to their potential, they will win the division by 7 games. If they continue to play like they are bored, then one of those three sucky teams will win the division and the Cubs and their underachieving asses can go away for a few months. An alternative is the Cubs continuing to play like they are bored, like they have all year, and winning a tight race, as they currently are. Default? The two sweetest words in the English language.
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Because I'd like to win the division? The other three teams suck. If one of them happens to win over us, then by that point we will have realized that we sucked even worse than a sucky team. Tough to feel too disappointed in that case. Well, sure. If we suck more than three sucky teams, then it would be disappointing. But the point remains that those teams suck. And I still think we are better. I can still hold those convictions, while acknowledging that we are in a race now. We've been in a race the whole season. When we got 5.5 back, we were always going to be in a race. So, now I want us to win this race against those sucky teams.
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Why would you care? Because I'd like to win the division?
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You're looking at the world's biggest AL Central fan right here.
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Gigantic Willy Style - The Willson Contreras Thread
Aaron Kennelly replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
lol... finally off the hook. -
Great. Grand. Wonderful.
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horsefeathering [expletive] inning.
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Shocking that you are feeling this,
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Boo! Let him pitch, Joe, you horsefeathers.
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This is what people said about 88 mph Kyle for years until he had the best ERA in the majors. Same complaints; same great results.
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So are we only scoring these runs on the good pitchers? I swear that's not the narrative I heard last week. I haven't been a part of that narrative, so I don't really know But I do know that since the break we had those 2 games and the dumb one against Suter and the one against Roark. That's half of our losses in the second half. Suter, Blach, and Roark are a combined 19-16 and all three have better than league-average FIPs. Also, you're not going to win every game you face bad pitchers. It's baseball.
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We've scored more runs than any non-Rockies team in the NL since the break. I know but think of how many runs we could have if we didn't get shut down by the Magnifico Gonzalezes and Cy Blechs of the world So are we only scoring these runs on the good pitchers? I swear that's not the narrative I heard last week.
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We've scored more runs than any non-Rockies team in the NL since the break.
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Happ isn't a second baseman.
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Really wish Javy got a crack at this dude.
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Probably got sick after reading the posts in this thread.
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Last post from CincyCubsFan before tonight: July 14, or also the day the Cubs started a 14-3 stretch. :-k people who use sports messageboards/twitter almost exclusively to complain is something i don't really begin to understand like why is this even your hobby I'll never understand it. To Schwarber Fan's credit, he does complain in practically every game thread. But to just pop in and spout off and then disappear for a month until things are going poorly again... lol There were people that did it with the 103-win World Champion Cubs, too.
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Last post from CincyCubsFan before tonight: July 14, or also the day the Cubs started a 14-3 stretch. :-k
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Just lurk? I post regularly. So your issue with this post is that someone suggested you only lurk and not that you are a meatball?
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Probably best to make rash judgments based off of two starts instead of his 1,000+ career innings.